“I just want to tell Ah Mo that someone like you is not worthy of the purest love.”
An Ningxiang looked steadily at Xuanyuan Mo and sighed. “From now on, I won’t come to you again. I will listen to you, do my duty as the Empress, and no longer expect your affection.”
“You don’t need to worry about what I’ll do to the Imperial Concubine,” An Ningxiang whispered. “Someone like her, transparent and intelligent, I was never her match. Even though I’m the Empress and she’s just an Imperial Concubine, her wantonness, arrogance, and dominance are things I could never learn, nor would I dare to.”
Xuanyuan Mo froze, watching as An Ningxiang smiled faintly at him, then turned and walked away without hesitation. It was as if all the gentleness and careful affection she had once shown him disappeared in that moment. He frowned, feeling a strange sense of discomfort.
With a sneer, Xuanyuan Mo thought to himself that An Ningxiang was never the person he truly liked. It was simply a mistake. He wouldn’t have any other thoughts about her. Did she actually think that saying those words would make him recall something or stir his feelings?
No, it was impossible. He would never have any feelings for An Ningxiang.
Right now, his focus should be on figuring out how to protect the Imperial Concubine. The court officials outside must be ecstatic to have received this news, right?
Yes, they had finally seized a handle against the Imperial Concubine and could use it to pressure him to have her executed.
“Your Majesty, it’s bad. The ministers have gathered many commoners outside the palace gates, kneeling and refusing to rise, demanding that you deal with the Imperial Concubine,” Eunuch Li rushed in, sweating profusely. As he wiped his sweat, he spoke fearfully, feeling bitter inside. What kind of mess was this? Imperial Concubine, must it come to this, burning everything down together?
Xuanyuan Mo’s anger flared. “Let them kneel.”
“Your Majesty, some of the ministers even brought swords. They said that if you don’t execute the Imperial Concubine, they’ll spill blood at the palace gates,” Eunuch Li stammered. This time, the ministers were serious. Regarding the Imperial Concubine’s actions, what minister of the Tianqin Kingdom could tolerate them?
She had an adulterer and didn’t even bother to hide it, instead flaunting it for everyone to see. This was a direct challenge to the prestige of the Tianqin Kingdom, something no one could tolerate. It was said that the commoners outside were cursing her even more viciously, and some had even organized themselves to write petitions in blood, all demanding the execution of the Imperial Concubine.
Xuanyuan Mo’s eyes felt swollen, and a cold sneer curled at the corner of his lips. “Then let them die.”
“Your Majesty…” Eunuch Li was startled. He never expected that even at this point, the Emperor hadn’t considered punishing the Imperial Concubine.
Xuanyuan Mo felt bitter inside. The truth was, he really didn’t want to do anything to the Imperial Concubine, but he also didn’t dare to. His elder brother, being as arrogant as he was must have a trump card to rely on. His elder brother had always been calculating and cautious, never making a move without a plan. He wouldn’t give anyone a chance to harm her.
“I heard a lot of people want to kill me?” Tang Guo said leisurely, sitting on a swing. Xuanyuan Mie stood behind her, gently pushing. On either side of her were Mei Lan and Mei Qing, both calm and unbothered, showing no concern for the chaos outside.
They thought to themselves, this wasn’t their mistress’s fault. Those people probably didn’t even realize that everything happening now was Xuanyuan Mo’s doing, wasn’t it?
It was truly ridiculous. They were all scolding their mistress, but how ignorant the world was. It reminded them of past dynasties, where so-called “enchantresses” who supposedly ruined nations would be cursed by the world for causing their countries’ downfall.
Looking back, it was truly laughable. How could palace women possibly have the power to threaten the survival of an entire nation? It was nothing more than incompetent royals and nobles shirking responsibility for their own failures, dumping the blame onto women. The more you thought about it, the more disgusting it became.
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